1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
Adui akainuka dhidi ya Israeli na kumchochea Daudi kuhesabu Israeli.
2 So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”
Daudi akamwabia Yoabu na kwa wakuu wa Jeshi, “Nenda, wahesabu watu wa Israeli kutoka Beerisheba mpaka Dani na uniletee taarifa, ilinijue idadi yao.”
3 But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
Yoabu akasema, “Yahweh na afanya jeshi lake mara mia zaidi ya lilivyo. Lakini bwana wangu mfalme, kwani wote hawamtumikii bwana wangu? kwa nini bwana wangu anataka hili? Kwa nini ulete hatia kwa Israeli?”
4 But David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem,
Lakini neno la mfalme halikubadilika kwa Yoabu. Hivyo Yoabu akaondoka na kwenda Israeli yote. Kisha akarudi Yerusalemu.
5 and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
Yoabu akatoa taarifa ya idadi ya jumla ya wanaume wa mapambano kwa Daudi. Kulikuwa ndani ya Israeli wanaume 1, 100, 000 walio beba upanga. Yuda peke yake kulikuwa na wanajeshi 470, 000.
6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
Lakini Levi na Benjamini hawaku hesabiwa miongoni mwao, kwa kuwa amri ya mfalme ilimuudhi Yoabu.
7 David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] Israel.
Mungu alikwazika na hili tendo, akashambulia Israeli.
8 Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Nimetenda dhambi kubwa kwa kufanya hili. Sasa chukua hatia ya mtumishi wako, nimetenda kwa ujinga sana.”
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
Yahweh akamwambia Gadi, nabii wa Daudi,
10 “Go and tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
“Nenda useme kwa Daudi, “Hili ndilo Yahweh anasema: Ninakupa maamuzi matatu. Chagua moja wapo.”
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
Hivyo Gadi akaenda kwa Daudi na kusema, “Yahweh anasema hivi, 'Chagua moja ya haya:
12 three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one who sent me.”
kati ya miaka mitatu ya ukame, miezi mitatu unakimbizwa na adui zako na kupatwa na upanga wao, au siku tatu za upanga wa Yahweh, yani, pigo katika nchi, malaika wa Yahweh akiharibu nchi yote ya Israeli.' Hivyo sasa, amua jibu gani ni mpelekee yeye aliye nituma.”
13 David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
Kisha Daudi akamwambia Gadi, “Nipo katika shida kubwa sana. Acha nianguke katika mikono ya Yahweh kuliko kuangukia mikono ya mwanadamu, sababu matendo yake ya rehema ni makubwa mno.”
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
Hivyo Yahweh akatuma pigo Israeli, na watu elfu sabini wakafa.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
Mungu akatuma malaika Yerusalemu kuiharibu. Wakati alipo taka kuiharibu, Yahweh akatazama na kubadili nia yake kuhusu shambulio. Akasema kwa malaika wa uharibifu, “Imetosha! Rudisha mkono wako.” Wakati huo malaika wa Yahweh alikua amesimama eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi.
16 David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on the ground.
Daudi akatazama juu na kuona malaika wa Yahweh amesimama kati ya nchi na mbingu, akiwa na upanga mkonono mwake akiuelekeza Yerusalemu. Kisha Daudi na wazee, wakiwa wamevaa magunia, wakalala chini uso ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
17 David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Sio mimi niliye amuru jeshi kuhesabiwa? Nimefanya hichi kitu kiovu. Lakini hawa kondoo, wamefanya nini? Yahweh Mungu wangu! Acha mkono wako unipige mimi na familia yangu, lakini usiache pigo iliendelee kubaki kwa watu wako.”
18 Then the angel who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
Hivyo malaika wa Yahweh akamuamuru Gadi kusema kwa Daudi, kwamba Daudi aende juu na kujenga madhabahu ya Yahweh katika eneo la kupeta la Oranani Myebusi.
19 So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
Daudi akaenda kama Gadi alivyo muelekeza cha kufanya kwa jina la Yahweh.
20 While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
Wakati Orinani akipepeta ngano, aligeuka na kumuona malaika. Yeye na wana wake wanne wakajificha.
21 Then David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching the ground.
Wakati Daudi alipo kuja kwa Orinani, Orinani akatazama na kumuona Daudi. Aliacha eneo la kupeta na akamuinamia Daudi uso wake ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
22 David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
Kisha Daudi akasema kwa Orinani, “Niuzie hili eneo la kupeta, iliniweze kumjenga Yahweh madhabahu. Nitalipa gharama yote, ili pigo liondolewe kwa watu.”
23 Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
Orinani wakwambia Daudi, “Chukuwa kama lako, bwana wangu mfalme. Fanya nalo linalo kupendeza. Tazama, nitakupa ng'ombe kwa sadaka ya kuteketeza, vifaa vya kupeta kwa ajili ya mbao, na ngano kwa sadaka ya mbegu; nitakupa yote wewe.”
24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
Mfalme Daudi akamwambia Orinani, “Hapana, nina sisitiza kununua kwa bei yote. Sitachukua kilicho chako na kutoa kama sadaka ya kuteketeza kwa Yahweh kama haitanighramu chochote.”
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
Hivyo Daudi akalipa shekeli mia sita ya dhahabu kwa hilo eneo.
26 David built an altar to [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
Daudi akajenga madhabahu ya Yahweh pale na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za ushirika. Akamuita Yahweh, aliye mjibu kwa moto kutoka mbinguni kwenye madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa.
27 Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
Kisha Yahweh akampa agizo malaika, na malaika akarudisha upanga kwenye mfuko wake.
28 And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
Daudi alipo ona kuwa Yahweh amemjibu kwenye eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi, alitoa dhabihu pale pale kwa wakati huo.
29 Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
Sasa kwa wakati huo, hema la kuabudia la Yahweh, ambalo Musa alilitengeneza nyikani, na madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa, zilikuwa sehemu ya juu huko Gibeoni.
30 But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
Walakini, Daudi hakuweza kwenda huko kumuliza Mungu muelekeo, kwa kuwa alikuwa anaogopa upanga wa malaika wa Yahweh.
